Chapter 21

Li Tingxiao brought Su Jianxi to a furniture store.

As soon as the car came to a standstill, Su Jianxi asked, “Why did you bring me here?”

“Silly, so we can decorate our home, of course,” Li Tingxiao said before taking her hand and leading her inside.

Li Tingxiao’s words utterly filled Su Jianxi’s mind.

‘Our home…

‘He said our home…’

Her previous home had been destroyed. Was that why God sent her this man to give her a new home?

Su Jianxi can only see half of Li Tingxiao’s side profile. Unlike Shen Siming’s gentle humility, Li Tingxiao’s good looks were the sharp and steady type.

His features were more delicate than Shen Siming’s, but his aura was much colder.

Right now, he was gorgeous in an understated way that blew Shen Siming completely out of the water.

Su Jianxi’s heart slowly sped up. Right now, she was really beginning to doubt her taste. Why on earth did she fall for Shen Siming three years ago?

“Why don’t we buy a four-piece set? What kind of style do you like?” Li Tingxiao did not notice how Su Jianxi’s heart was pounding, but when he did not get a response, he could not help but turn around to look.

When he saw that the woman before him was staring blankly at him again, he was torn between getting angry and laughing out loud. He could not help but pinch her nose. “Hello, is anybody in there?”

Su Jianxi recovered only to see that the shop owner and Li Tingxiao were both looking at her amusedly. Her gaze immediately turned awkward.

She hid behind Li Tingxiao, avoiding the owner’s gaze.

“Good girl, stop hiding. You haven’t chosen the style you like yet.” Li Tingxiao was feeling quite cheerful.

The owner teased them too, “You gotta be careful when you take your wife out. She’s so cute, so imagine if she walks into someone else’s arms instead. That’d be no joke.”

Su Jianxi really wanted to dig a hole in the ground so she could hide in it now. She chose a style she liked from the corner of her eyes and then hurriedly dragged Li Tingxiao away.

She was not a little girl experiencing her first love anymore, but for some crazy reason, Li Tingxiao was somehow making her feel that way again.

Li Tingxiao brought Su Jianxi around to buy some other things. They spent the entire morning shopping and then spent the afternoon decorating. By evening, Su Jianxi was so exhausted that she simply slumped into Li Tingxiao’s large soft bed.

Li Tingxiao’s single apartment previously had a minimalistic decor, with simpler colors to boot.

During their shopping trip today, Su Jianxi bought mostly blue things, because she especially liked that color.

After their little makeover, the place looked especially cozy.

Li Tingxiao also lay down next to Su Jianxi, and the two of them looked up at the ceiling in unison. Su Jianxi said, “Li Tingxiao, you were the one behind the video yesterday, as well as Heroic Emperor’s contract, right?”

Li Tingxiao did not admit nor deny it, so Su Jianxi continued, “Li Tingxiao, I’m really curious to know who you really are. Can you tell me?”

A debt collector would never be able to pull these things off. Su Jianxi figured that Li Tingxiao’s true identity placed him far above the CEO of Heroic Emperor.

The man may be running around in the streets, but there was nothing earthly about his demeanor at all.

He looked normal without being ordinary, and he was surrounded by a bad-boy air of nobility. That was something a regular household could never instill in their kids.

Li Tingxiao turned around and pinned Su Jianxi under his body.

The two of them lay with their foreheads touching, with eyes only for each other and nothing else.

“Do you wanna know?” Li Tingxiao gently scratched Su Jianxi’s nose with his, going back and forth.

All the hairs on Su Jianxi’s body rose, and she felt numb and weak all over.

Obediently, she nodded. “Yeah, I do.”

Li Tingxiao kissed Su Jianxi on the lips, replying, “Jianxi, I’ll naturally tell you when the time comes. Unfortunately, now… isn’t the right time yet.”

With that, Li Tingxiao sealed Su Jianxi’s lips with his own, kissing her tenderly.

Su Jianxi’s eyes widened as she looked at the man kissing her. Her gaze began to lose focus, as though Li Tingxiao was hypnotizing her.

She did not know how she should react, so she could only look at Li Tingxiao dazedly.

As Su Jianxi spaced out, Li Tingxiao mischievously nipped her lips with his teeth. He controlled his strength perfectly, such that Su Jianxi’s lips did not bleed, but they still hurt like hell.

“Li Tingxiao… Why the heck did you bite me?!”

Su Jianxi reached out her hands to push Li Tingxiao away. She really was not used to being so close to another.

“I forbid you from thinking about other things when you’re kissing me.” Li Tingxiao lulled her gently, his voice slightly hoarse, “Close your eyes, Jianxi, and don’t be nervous. I’m your husband.”

Kissing was an extremely unfamiliar thing to Su Jianxi. Although she had dated Shen Siming for three years, the most intimate thing they had done over that time was Shen Siming kissing her forehead.

It felt as though Li Tingxiao’s rational mind had fallen apart after he met Su Jianxi.

He knew very well that Su Jianxi was not completely ready yet right now, but he did not want to let go.